Synonyms of countenancing

countenancing

verb

present participle of countenance

1

as in accepting

to have a favorable opinion of

I don't countenance such behavior in children of any age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepting
• tolerating
• supporting
• favoring
• okaying
• subscribing (to)
• approving (of)
• liking
• applauding
• going for
• caring (for)
• enjoying
• sustaining
• praising
• upholding
• holding with
• saluting
• lauding
• taking kindly to
• OK'ing
• recommending
• enduring
• commending
• acclaiming
• standing by
• backing (up)
• consenting (to)
• concurring (in)
• assenting (to)
• bearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denouncing
• criticizing
• condemning
• frowning (on or upon)
• censuring
• disparaging
• disapproving (of)
• deprecating
• discountenancing
• depreciating
• damning
• blacklisting
• disliking
• disfavoring
• opposing
• hating
• reprobating
• minding
• loathing
• reprehending
• dissenting (from)
• objecting (to)
• detesting

2

as in tolerating

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

countenanced the delays and inconveniences of traveling by air with good grace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerating
• accepting
• handling
• standing
• enduring
• taking
• sustaining
• bearing
• absorbing
• supporting
• stomaching
• swallowing
• abiding
• wearing
• hacking
• meeting
• pocketing
• brooking
• living with
• biding
• sticking out
• standing for
• lumping (it)
• going
• suffering
• permitting
• sweating out
• allowing
• respecting
• toughing it out
• acquiescing
• reconciling (to)
• yielding (to)
• capitulating
• submitting (to)
• consenting (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• assenting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• dismissing
• opposing
• declining
• repudiating
• resisting
• fighting
• combating
• combatting
• avoiding
• contesting
• turning down
• escaping
• spurning
• missing
• evading
• circumventing
• bypassing
• eluding
• dodging
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing